freeze
noun
1 freeze
The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.
synonym: freezing.
Dutch: bevriezing
Polish: lodowacenie
2 freeze
Weather cold enough to cause freezing.
synonym: frost.
Dutch: vorst, afstandelijkheid, onpersoonlijkheid
Polish: mróz, zimnica, ziąb
3 freeze
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement:
— A nuclear freeze.
synonym: halt.
Polish: zastygnięcie, zmartwienie, zakrzepnięcie, zamarcie, znieruchomienie
4 freeze
Fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level.
Dutch: stop
verb
1 freeze
Stop moving or become immobilized.
synonym: stop dead.
Roget 383:
be cold
etc.
adj.;
shiver,
starve,
quake,
shake,
tremble,
shudder,
didder†,
quiver;
freeze,
freeze to death,
perish with cold.
freeze
etc.
(render cold)
385;
horripilate†,
make the skin crawl,
give one goose flesh.
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Roget 670:
preserve,
maintain,
keep,
sustain,
support,
hold;
keep up,
keep alive;
refrigerate,
keep on ice;
not willingly let die;
bank up;
nurse;
save,
rescue;
be safe,
make safe
etc.
664;
take care of
etc.
(care)
459;
guard
etc.
(defend)
717.
stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]
[Bacon];
hold one's own;
hold one's ground,
stand one's ground
etc.
(resist)
719.
embalm,
cure,
salt,
pickle,
season,
kyanize†,
bottle,
pot,
tin,
can;
sterilize,
pasteurize,
radiate;
dry,
lyophilize [Chem],
freeze-dry,
concentrate,
evaporate;
freeze,
quick-freeze,
deep-freeze;
husband
etc.
(store)
636.
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Roget 385:
cool,
fan,
refrigerate,
refresh,
ice;
congeal,
freeze,
glaciate;
benumb,
starve,
pinch,
chill,
petrify,
chill to the marrow,
regelate†,
nip,
cut,
pierce,
bite,
make one's teeth chatter,
damp,
slack quench;
put out,
stamp out;
extinguish;
go out,
burn out
(incombustibility)
388.1.
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Dutch: bevriezen
2 freeze
Change to ice.
Dutch: bevriezen, vriezen
3 freeze
Be cold.
Dutch: blauwbekken, kleumen, koukleumen, verkleumen, vernikkelen
Polish: zmarznięcie
4 freeze
5 freeze
Stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.
synonym: suspend.
Dutch: bevriezen
6 freeze
Be very cold, below the freezing point.
Dutch: bevriezen, invriezen, verstijven, vriezen
7 freeze
Change from a liquid to a solid when cold:
— Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
synonyms: freeze down, freeze out.
8 freeze
Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets):
— Freeze the assets of this hostile government.
synonyms: block, immobilise, immobilize.
9 freeze
10 freeze
Suddenly behave coldly and formally.
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